LG WKHC152HA Running Cost (Washing Machine)

Name: LG WKHC152HA
Brand: LG

LG WKHC152HA: running cost

One of the cheaper models in its category to run

$17/year at the national-average rate

ENERGY STAR certifies the LG WKHC152HA at 90 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.

$0.05per day

$1.41per month

90kWh per year, certified

$169over a 10-yr lifespan

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The $17 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.

LG WKHC152HA against the category

That's 26.8% below the washing machine category average of 123 kWh/yr, and ranks 59 of 398 certified washing machines for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every washing machine ENERGY STAR currently certifies (398 models), not an outside benchmark, about $6/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.

What sits beside it in the ranking

LG WM3085C ($17/yr, 90 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the LG WKHC152HA. Electrolux ELFW4222 ($17/yr, 90 kWh/yr) costs a little less.

Within the LG lineup

LG makes 93 ENERGY STAR certified washing machines; this one ranks 2 of 93 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the WM3420C at $15/yr, and its priciest, the WT7485C at $41/yr.

LG WKHC152HA over 10 years

NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical washing machine's service life at 10 years; run the LG WKHC152HA that long and it costs about $169 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.

Shopping for a new one

The LG WKHC152HA is already efficient for its category at $17/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new washing machine costs to run.

See what else is certified in this category before you decide.

Protecting what you have

Whether or not the LG WKHC152HA ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a washing machine, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.

Sourcing

At rank 59 of 398 for running cost, see the washing machine category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters. The 90 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.